Cystic fibrosis (including symptoms, causes and treatments)

Question 1

Cystic fibrosis symptoms

Answer 1

•Infection to the lungs
•Problems with the digestive system that can lead to obstruction to the bowel
•Liver disease due to blockage to small ducts within the liver
•Bone will become thinner and also weaker especially in younger people

Question 2

Cystic fibrosis causes

Answer 2

Mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene that affects the production of the CFTR protein.

Question 3

Cystic fibrosis treatment

Answer 3

•antibiotics to prevent and treat chest infections.

•medicines to make the mucus in the lungs thinner and easier to cough up.

•medicines to widen the airways and reduce inflammation.